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jorno67 Donating Member (906 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-11 04:45 PM
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How is it Republicans can claim God as their own but follow the likes of Ayn Rand?
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Rands beliefs seem to mesh perfectly with that of another well known Religion/philosophy. Rand's belief:
Man—every man—is an end in himself, not the means to the ends of others. He must exist for his own sake, neither sacrificing himself to others nor sacrificing others to himself. The pursuit of his own rational self-interest and of his own happiness is the highest moral purpose of his life.
http://www.aynrand.org/site/PageServer?pagename=objectivism_intro

And now Satanists belief:
While the Church has changed in the past 30 years, the core values of early Satanism remain the same for many Satanists today - self indulgence, self worship, enjoyment of life, personal empowerment and gain.
http://www.spiritualsatanist.com/articles/satan/theism.html

They seem like a match to me. So how does the Right get away with it?
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